Where: Various locations throughout Palm Springs, including the Annenberg Auditorium, Camelot Theatres, Palm Canyon Theatre, Palm Springs High School, Regal Cinemas Palm Springs 9 and Birba With a batch of Hollywood's brightest walking the red carpet on Saturday night and the buzz around the screenings that started Friday, the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival is poised to have its biggest year yet. More than a week ahead of the Golden Globes, some of the most notable films and actors of the year were honored at the festival's annual awards gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Saturday night, a day after the festival opened.
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Garrett Hoy has spent half his life performing and the 14-year-old will be an integral part of the Pass Area Performing Artists presentation of "Let Your Holiday Spirit Shine!" which opens Dec. 12 in Banning. He will be singing as well as acting during the interactive musical production that includes comical and nostalgic looks at the holidays.
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International Content Liquidations is selling the contents of the shuttered hotel from the property entrance at 100 N. Calle Encilia, Palm Springs. Trappings from the 226-room hotel that is owned by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians - it's in a state of demolition - will be sold to the public beginning 9 a.m. on Black Friday and will continue until all items are sold.
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After touring the new Architecture and Design Center two weeks ago in Palm Springs, I'd planned to stop at Native Foods Cafe. But the city's natives persuaded me to try another very good but less hyped place, the Palms Greens Cafe.
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At long last, the Palm Springs arts community has caught up with its international reputation as a mecca of mid-century desert modern architecture. After eight years of planning and fund-raising, an expansion of the Palm Springs Art Museum -the ballyhooed Architecture and Design Center -opened to the public on Sunday, Nov. 9. "We're one of the few museums that collects buildings," said Executive Director Steven A. Nash.
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Features: Four bedrooms, six baths, a separate two-story casita and vintage-style Hollywood pool largely house on more than a half-acre. Master suite has dual bathrooms and dual walk-in closets.
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When Richard "Dick" Kun sat down to confirm prospects to sell Snow Summit Ski Corp. two years ago, the names of potential investors dropped out of the sky like snowflakes on Miracle Mile Trail. Pressed to reveal prospectors in a June 2013 interview, Kun smiled slightly, tapped his fingers on an old oak desk and said: "This is a free-for-all."
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WHAT: Proposed federal plan to guide solar and wind power projects while still protecting ecological and cultural resources in the desert. The plan would designate renewable energy development areas and promote conservation of wildlife, cultural, and recreational opportunities in the 10 million acres of public land inside the total affected area.
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Both died at the scene of the 10:27 p.m. crash along Racquet Club Road about a tenth of a mile east of North Indian Canyon Drive. "The ... silver 1999 Mercedes had been traveling eastbound on Racquet Club Road when lost control of the vehicle, crossed both westbound lanes and collided with a palm tree," Sgt.
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